Following Tharos’ reports on Antarcic Climate change and its impact in krill fishing and other species, this report reinstates that climate change is a major threat to global biodiversity. Antarctic ecosystems are no exception. Climate change produces ‘winners’, species that benefit from these events and ‘losers’, species that decline or become extinct. On the winers …
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(GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 32, L19604, doi:10.1029/2005GL024042, 2005) – Meredith, M. P., and J. C. King (2005), Rapid climate change in the ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula during the second half of the 20th century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L19604, doi:10.1029/2005GL024042. Continuing with Tharos’ reports on climate change impact in the South Antarctic region, this …
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This is a challenging report issued in May 2014 by the CNA Military Advisory Board. Much has been written about the climate change impact on South Antarctic commercial activities and overall species’ habitat within the South Antarctic region. This report adds interesting insight through the lens of the military. The report states that the projected climate …
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A meeting of 24 nations and the European Union mid-July 2013 was meant to decide the fate of two proposed ocean reserves in Antarctica. Jane J. Lee National Geographic Published July 2, 2013 For over 50 years, international treaties have ensured that Antarctica (map)remained a place for peaceful activities and scientific study for all. That ethos of cooperation …
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Grand View Research from San Francisco, CA reported in June 26, 2014 that the global market for fish oil is expected to reach USD 3,300.0 million by 2020. According to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. fish oil demand is expected to show significant growth, following increasing human consumption, owing to rising health awareness and …
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China is officially on its way to reform its regulatory process for dietary supplements importation. As it stands today, dietary supplement companies, both foreign and domestic, must clear unwieldy—and often insurmountable—hurdles with China’s Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) in order to sell supplement products in China. By simplifying the regulatory process and cutting companies’ financial …
(by Mr. Victor Smetacek from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Germany) The “food chain of the giants” = diatoms-krill-whales. The current understanding is that after the near extinction of the stocks of great whales around Antarctica by the mid-1960s, krill biomass was expected to increase because of decreasing …
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This 1995 report from the University of British Columbia challenge Krill biomass assessment technologies, e.g abundance versus acoustic, the latter used for fish larger than krill. It gathers various authors’ contributions on this matter. Modeling krill population dynamics is subject to considerable uncertainty, and with it its impact in commercial activities and catch quota allocation models, …
Harvesting Krill Ecological Impact. Assessment. Products and Markets (UBC 1995) Read More »
In our mission to be a reliable, knowledgeable and high-caliber participant in the krill industry, Tharos is shifting part of its original mandate. In our 25 years’ work in the krill industry we have mostly delivered Tharos’ proprietary engineering, technical and commercial reports and services. We have supported academia, Governments, end-users and distributors with our …
USA’s New markets tax credit (NMTC) allocations totaling $28 million have assigned to help transform a former ice cream plant in Houston, Texas (USA) into a fully operational krill oil production facility, raising Aker’s krill oil annual output capacity to 1 700 tons/year. The facility is owned by Aker BioMarine (AKBM) Manufacturing, a joint venture …
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